{"id":1602,"date":"2006-08-23T21:49:32","date_gmt":"2006-08-23T16:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/08\/which-pundit-blogs-do-you-read\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:28:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T08:58:39","slug":"which-pundit-blogs-do-you-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/08\/which-pundit-blogs-do-you-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Pundit Blogs: What They Are and Which Ones to Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2006 I noticed that <strong>pundit blogs<\/strong> were popping up all over the blogosphere, many with &#8220;pundit&#8221; right in their name. This article explains what a pundit blog is, looks back at the pundit blogs I followed then, and shares tips for choosing opinion and analysis blogs worth reading today.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-67294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/pundit-blogs-2026-1024x538.webp\" alt=\"Pundit blogs guide card\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/pundit-blogs-2026-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/pundit-blogs-2026-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/pundit-blogs-2026-150x79.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/pundit-blogs-2026-768x403.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/pundit-blogs-2026.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick answer:<\/strong> A pundit blog is a blog where the author comments on and analyses current news, usually politics, business or tech, rather than reporting it first-hand. Instapundit by Glenn Reynolds is the best-known example and is still updated. Today the same kind of expert commentary also appears in newsletters, podcasts and social media.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af1c73962775\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #1a202c;color:#1a202c\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #1a202c;color:#1a202c\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af1c73962775\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/08\/which-pundit-blogs-do-you-read\/#What_are_pundit_blogs\" >What are pundit blogs?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/08\/which-pundit-blogs-do-you-read\/#Pundit_blogs_I_followed_in_2006\" >Pundit blogs I followed in 2006<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/08\/which-pundit-blogs-do-you-read\/#Political_pundit_blogs\" >Political pundit blogs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/08\/which-pundit-blogs-do-you-read\/#Business_pundit_blogs\" >Business pundit blogs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/08\/which-pundit-blogs-do-you-read\/#Indian_and_Asian_pundit_blogs\" >Indian and Asian pundit blogs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/08\/which-pundit-blogs-do-you-read\/#How_to_choose_pundit_blogs_worth_reading_today\" >How to choose pundit blogs worth reading today<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/08\/which-pundit-blogs-do-you-read\/#FAQ\" >FAQ<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/08\/which-pundit-blogs-do-you-read\/#What_is_a_pundit_blog\" >What is a pundit blog?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/08\/which-pundit-blogs-do-you-read\/#What_is_the_most_famous_pundit_blog\" >What is the most famous pundit blog?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/08\/which-pundit-blogs-do-you-read\/#What_does_Instalanche_mean\" >What does Instalanche mean?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/08\/which-pundit-blogs-do-you-read\/#Do_pundit_blogs_still_matter\" >Do pundit blogs still matter?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_pundit_blogs\"><\/span>What are pundit blogs?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A &#8220;pundit&#8221; is an expert or knowledgeable person who shares opinions with authority. In blogging, a pundit blog focuses on news punditry: assessing the stories already running in the established media, adding context and giving the author&#8217;s take.<\/p>\n<p>Pundit blogs usually post often and link out a lot. Their value comes from the writer&#8217;s judgement: which stories they pick, what they think matters and how they explain it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pundit_blogs_I_followed_in_2006\"><\/span>Pundit blogs I followed in 2006<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Political_pundit_blogs\"><\/span>Political pundit blogs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Possibly the best known and by far the most popular was <a href=\"https:\/\/instapundit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instapundit<\/a>, an online opinion magazine from Glenn Reynolds. Bloggers coined the word <strong>Instalanche<\/strong> for the sudden flood of traffic you got when Instapundit linked to you. It could be big enough to crash a small blog&#8217;s web server or use up its hosting bandwidth. Instapundit is still publishing new posts today.<\/p>\n<p>There were many others with political commentary: the Rude Pundit, Polipundit (&#8220;Elections and politics with a Conservative bent&#8221;), the Daily Pundit, Weekend Pundit, the Latino Pundit, and smaller ones like Patio Pundit, Publius Pundit and Expresso Pundit.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Business_pundit_blogs\"><\/span>Business pundit blogs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Not all of them were political. Businesspundit covered entrepreneurship, economics, finance, strategy and leadership. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.triplepundit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TriplePundit<\/a> looked at business through an &#8220;integrated bottom line&#8221; lens from a new generation of MBAs, and today it publishes solutions journalism on sustainability.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Indian_and_Asian_pundit_blogs\"><\/span>Indian and Asian pundit blogs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Indian readers loved following DesiPundit, a group blog that highlighted the best posts and breaking events from the Indian blogosphere. Mobilepundit tracked India&#8217;s mobile phone revolution, and I got to know AsiaPundit when it hosted the Best Asia Blog awards. Several of these sites have since gone quiet or disappeared.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_choose_pundit_blogs_worth_reading_today\"><\/span>How to choose pundit blogs worth reading today<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Look for real expertise.<\/strong> The best pundits know their field well and explain why, not just what.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Check that they link to sources.<\/strong> Good commentary links to the original reports so you can read them yourself.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Read more than one side.<\/strong> Follow pundits with different views so you get a balanced picture.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Separate news from opinion.<\/strong> Pundit blogs are commentary. Check important facts with original reporting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use a feed reader or newsletter.<\/strong> Many pundits now publish email newsletters, and RSS still works for most blogs, so you can follow them without endless scrolling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New to blogging words like pundit, blogroll and permalink? Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/06\/the-giant-blogging-terms-glossary\/\">giant blogging terms glossary<\/a> explains over 200 of them.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FAQ\"><\/span>FAQ<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_pundit_blog\"><\/span>What is a pundit blog?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A pundit blog is a blog that offers expert opinion and analysis on current news, usually politics, business or technology.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_most_famous_pundit_blog\"><\/span>What is the most famous pundit blog?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Instapundit by Glenn Reynolds is one of the best-known pundit blogs and is still updated regularly.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_Instalanche_mean\"><\/span>What does Instalanche mean?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It is blogger slang for the sudden surge of traffic a site gets after Instapundit links to it.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_pundit_blogs_still_matter\"><\/span>Do pundit blogs still matter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes. The format has spread to newsletters, podcasts and social media, but expert commentary that explains the news is still popular.<\/p>\n<p>Which pundit blogs do you read? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2006 I noticed that pundit blogs were popping up all over the blogosphere, many with &#8220;pundit&#8221; right in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":67294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67295,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602\/revisions\/67295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}